We are continuing to answer this question originally posed last week. In Isaiah 40:31 we are told that living from our union with Christ enables us to "renew" or "gain new strength" which literally means to "exchange". If we live from our union with Christ, we will exchange our strength for His strength.
Three beautiful word pictures are given to us to help us visualize this truth. The first says, 'They will mount up with eagle's wings". An eagle lives in high places. He unfolds his wings and flies on the strength of the wind. Daily, we are to unfold our wings of faith and ask Christ to live through us.
The second says, "They will run and not get tired. My wife is a runner and she tells me there is something called a "runner's high" runners sometimes experience. The runner feels so strong that she believes she could run forever. As we depend on Christ in us, we will be able to run in this life and not get as tired emotionally and mentally.
Finally, "They will walk and not become weary." There are many places we must walk every day. We need to get out of bed each day and get dressed, get the kids ready, go to our job, walk in obedience to God's Word, and love people. Only as we depend on Christ to live through us in the power of the Holy Spirit can we walk through life and not become so weary.
I have asked a question to thousand of people through the years. The question is "Would you be willing for the next seven days to ask Jesus to fill you with His love and live His life through you"? I cannot guarantee that we will feel any differently, but if we will do this by faith, I believe we will see God work in and through us in new ways. Will you take the challenge today? If so, why don't you tell the Lord and ask Him to remind you for the next seven days?
Until next time, remember He loves us!
